Here are photos of former model and two-time African Female Footballer of the Year (2006 and 2007) ex Super Falcons star Cynthia Uwak, 27. The footballer, who is very active on social media, currently plays for Aland United in Finland ,
Bellow is what his website described him as but to us NGOLI remains inspiration, in our mother tongue his ”Ike Ndidi” strength of endurance and the zeal to pursue your goal.
”He is the ultimate renaisance man. As a model, Ngo Okafor has graced the pages and covers of countless magazines and has been called the most downloaded black male model. He has worked with international superstars such as Gisele Bundchen, Mary J. Blige, Naomi Campbell and Lil’ Kim. As an actor he has worked on numerous TV shows, movies and Soap operas. On screen, Ngo just wrapped work on the feature film, “True Story” opposite Jonah Hill and James Franco. Ngo has also worked with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Accademy award winner, Monique and Bridget Moynahan. As a boxer, he is a back-to-back, two-time Golden Gloves Champion.
He has been called one of the quickest studies the boxing world has ever seen, a powerful yet graceful presence in the ring and one of the quickest studies the fight world has ever seen. Within three years of beginning his career in 2005, Ngoli Onyeka Okafor, became a two-time heavyweight champion, winning back-to-back Golden Gloves, amateur boxing’s highest distinction. His accomplishments are even more impressive when one considers Ngo’s background. Raised in the Ibo speaking region of Nigeria, the second child of a Harvard academic and a teacher, sports were frowned upon in his house; brains were always valued over brawn. “My dad used to say athletes are like jesters in a kings court,” recalls Ngo, whose name means joy in Ibo. “I’ve always appreciated the value of a good education, but him saying that used to really piss me off, because I felt like I could have both.” He attended the University of Connecticut in the US and studied computer science, eventually landing a job with the Connecticut Department of Transportation, where he taught engineers and architects how to draw using computers. “I’ve always loved computers and there’s a part of me that will always be a bit of a nerd,” says Ngo. “But I also knew that I was naturally athletic and I wanted to see where that side would take me. I was curious to see if I could play at the highest level.”
He accidentally stumbled into boxing five years ago, at the ripe old age of 31 (around the time when most fighters hang up their gloves). What began as a simple workout routine (punching the bag, jumping rope, etc) quickly grew into an all-consuming passion for Ngo, who, at the urging of several fashion photographers, had relocated to New York City to pursue modeling. Professional fighters who watched him sparring noticed his innate talent and encouraged him to develop his skill. With the fierce dedication he’s applied to his work throughout his life, he immersed himself in the ring, training five to six hours a day…every day. “Boxing became my life,” he says. “I wanted to be one of the best that ever did it. I started later than most fighters, so I know I had to make up for lost time.”
After winning the Golden Gloves by unanimous decision in 2008 and 2009, Ngo, never one to rest on his laurels, turned his sites towards modeling and acting. With his boyish good looks, chiseled physique and quiet intensity, he was a natural. Over the years, he’s posed with supermodels like Gisele Bundchen (V Magazine) and superstars like Mary J. Blige (MAC Cosmetic’s Viva Glam campaign). He’s appeared in more than a dozen issues of Men’s Health Magazine, has produced two best-selling calendars and has been featured in publications ranging from Vogue and W to ESPN and Fortune.
Most recently, he was celebrated alongside five Olympians in the Spring issue of the Wall Street Journal Magazine. As a result of all of his efforts, he is now considered to be the most downloaded black male model in the world. Ngo’s acting career is also taking off. His television work has included stints on soap operas and TV series. Ngo just wrapped work on a feature film titled “True Story”, opposite JAmes Franco and Jonah Hill, which opens in theaters in 2014. Ngo is currently at work on, “Three Rounds”, a feature-length documentary, which chronicles his journey from Nigeria to the top of the boxing world. “I really want the film to inspire people to dream big and work hard,” says Ngo. “That’s always been my mantra and so far so good.”
WTF Jeremy Meeks turns model in prison!!!! Guys here is what daily mail wrote about the blue eye convict
”Jeremy Meeks, the alleged gang member who became an Internet sensation after his handsome mug shot was posted on a police Facebook site, is in talks with top designers to dress him during his trial, his attorney told MailOnline today.
Tai Bogan, known as the Pitbull because of his ‘aggressive’ style of defense, has been secured by Meeks to represent him against gun and gang related charges.
During the five-minute hearing at San Joaquin County court in Stockton, California, Meeks, 30, was forced to wear a regulation orange prison jumpsuit and have his hands shackled.
Suit & tie: Meeks’s rep is working with a stylist who is planning to dress him in a Tom Ford suit for his trial
Bogan said that it was important that his client looked as ‘good as possible’ before a jury and to that end the family were close to signing designers to cloth him during his court appearances.
The lawyer, who is being paid with money raised through a family Gofundme page, spoke to MailOnline after his client appeared in court for a second time.
Bogan asked Judge Franklin Stephenson for permission for Meeks to wear civilian clothes during future preliminary hearings.
He said that because his picture was posted ‘millions and millions’ of times on the Internet, it was prejudicial against a fair trial for him to be ‘in handcuffs and prison garb’.
Judge Stephenson declined the motion claiming it was in the best interest of security for Meeks to be shackled.
However when Meeks finally appears before a jury for trial, it is the law that he will be able to wear his own clothes, said Bogan.
After the hearing, Bogan said: ‘We are talking to designers to provide clothing for him during this case.
‘We want him to look as good as possible in the court. We are worried that current pictures of him in prison garb will mean he will not get a fair trial.’
His comments came after it emerged Meeks, whose image was shared 89,000 times when it went on the Stockton Police Facebook page, has landed a Hollywood talent agent.
Gina Rodriguez, who has guided Nadya ‘Octomom’ Suleman and V. Stiviano, the woman at the center of the Donald Sterling scandal, now represents Meeks, whose chiseled features and blue eyes caught the public’s imagination.
While Tom Ford is not dressing the hunky prisoner, ‘the modeling management we are working with has a stylist who was going to dress Jeremy in a Tom Ford suit,’ she told MailOnline.
Rodriguez defended her representing Meeks today.
‘Everybody has a story, and I, of all people, know that,’ Rodriguez told FOX411.
‘If this was a different situation, like if someone was actually hurt or there was violence involved, I definitely would not be taking him on.
‘But we don’t know Jeremy’s full story yet, and I don’t feel like he got a fair break.’
Meeks, a married father-of-one, is currently being held in the San Joaquin County Jail on seven felony counts related to firearm possession, street gang membership and parole violations.
His bail is set at $1m.
Rodriguez said she is in talks with four production companies and three different modeling agencies.
Earlier this week police raided the home Meeks shared with his wife, a nurse, and mother Katherine Angier
His attorney said that they smashed down the door even though they had keys and he is confident that the gang related charges would be dropped.
Meeks stole the hearts of women around the world after police put his mugshot on their Facebook page following his arrest on five weapons charges and two gang-related offences during raids targeting gangs in Stockton.
Officers later claimed he is one of the most violent criminals in the Stockton area and belonged to the Northside Gangster Crips gang.
After court Ms Angier, who was carrying a suit for her son, refused to comment.
But earlier this week she exclusively told the Mail that he had nothing to do with the gang anymore and was ‘desperately’ trying to go straight.
She insists that he was ‘innocent’ of any violent crime and that he was only arrested because of his ‘old’ gang-related tattoos.
He has ‘NC’ for ‘Northern Crips’ tattooed on his neck and a teardrop coming from his left eye – accepted as a marker for having killed someone or spent a long time in jail.
‘He got away from the gangs when he met his wife and they got married six years ago,’ she said, holding back tears.
‘He moved. He started a family. This is a nightmare for him. He doesn’t want any of this. He is having a hard time in jail. He told me today was the first time he woke without crying.’
His popularity on the web had caused him problems with the guards and other gang members in the jail, she said.
Ms Angier said that the 30-year-old had been desperately trying to ‘go straight’ and that he had held down his job in a workshop for a year.
‘He was trying to go straight,’ she said. ‘We just want his life to be normal. Who knows what this is going to do to his life. This could mess it all up.’
But she confirmed that her son, who has striking blue eyes, had been made ‘many, many offers’ for movie and modelling work.
‘It could end being a good thing,’ she said.
The mother said that her son’s wife, who does not want to be named, is ‘shell shocked’ and petrified she will lose her job as a nurse.
‘She’s the main breadwinner,’ she said. ‘She has trained for five years to get this job. She just wants him back. She knows he’s innocent. But she’s worried this could lose her her job.’
The family Gofundme site, which is aiming to raise $25,000 for his defense, has currently had pledges for $4,970.
Meeks is due to appear before court again on July 8th.
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